catalyst

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  1. August 14th and his real name was Jonathan Richman. I'm pretty sure the "revelation" came from one of the Seventy back in the late 70's.
  2. I've had two separate incidences where I've been emailed by someone saying they read my profile and want to get to know me better-as in possible relationship. What is this all about? First one was fati4u and the other I erased a while back Have Nigerian scammers infiltrated this forum?
  3. Maybe it will be better than the Book of Mormon movies the church puts out. Worst...Acting... Ever.
  4. There is a great quote from I believe John Taylor which basically says that as members we should always be questioning our thoughts and beliefs. I was digging through my stuff trying to find it but to no avail. I always found it interesting as it seems contrary to the more modern approach which is expressed in the quote being discussed in this thread or that one would hear in a typical service. I'll see if I can hunt it down.
  5. Actually the common explanation that polygamy was practiced in order to provide homes to a surplus of women in the church is a myth. LDS apostle John Widtsoe discussed this: “Plural marriage has been a subject of wide and frequent comment. Members of the Church unfamiliar with its history, and many nonmembers, have set up fallacious reasons for the origin of this system of marriage among the Latter-day Saints. “The most common of these conjectures is that the Church, through plural marriage sought to provide husbands for its large surplus of female members. The implied assumption in this theory, that there have been more female than male members in the Church, is NOT supported by existing evidence. On the contrary, there seems always to have been MORE MALES than females in the Church... “Another conjecture is that the people were few in numbers and that the Church, desiring greater numbers, permitted the practice so that a phenomenal increase in population could be attained. This is not defensible, since there WAS NO SURPLUS OF WOMEN.” (Evidences and Reconciliations, 1960, pages 390-392)
  6. Apparently he's not truly forgiven unless he confesses it to his bishop as well
  7. Why would you assume this? On another note I understand what you are trying to lead to but please remember you are comparing an action which has been left to your interpretation (drinking caffeinated beverages) to another that is indeed viewed as a transgression. There is a world of difference.
  8. Did you really compare drinking caffeinated soda and masturbation as being similar "little things" in the eyes of the LDS leadership? Awesome...
  9. Why would you think abortion over general access to easier forms of contraception? I read an article recently about a possible link between kids being heavier now, therefore generating more hormones=earlier menstruation. Thought that was an interesting perspective.
  10. Then again guys do a lot of crazy things simply for sex
  11. "Inside you know it's wrong" or because you've been conditioned that it's wrong??? There are probably bigger fish to fry but I must say I believe "self mastery" of all things is probably a very positive thing in the eye's of the supreme being. The bigger question here is how come all the "angels" on the LDS.NET header appear to be caucasian? Is that a sample representation of the church or just a statement that you can only go to heaven if you are caucasian?
  12. The real questions is...did a Gilmore Girl hit on him?
  13. Do you mean the push back from the Utah territory or are you referring to the next life?
  14. I'll take your word for it on the numbers. Again I haven't read into it recently. However, again I don' t think Emma's fertility or the fact that there aren't any children that we are currently aware of verifies that there weren't intimate relationships with Joseph and his plural wives. However, maybe he was the anomaly compared to his brethren.
  15. I don't see Emma being fertile as a factor in Joseph not being intimate with his other wives. However, I think last time I was reading about this historians were aware of between 5-7 children from plural wives and were putting in the due diligence to confirm them via DNA testing. There have also been other questionable children from these women which unfortunately died at extremely young ages so testing isn't possible.